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… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … — nitrogenases — other enzymatic machinery harvests sulfur from gaseous organic sulfur compounds in the atmosphere.  … North, assistant professor of microbiology at Ohio State University and senior author of this work.  North led the …

… The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to enhance our understanding of genome science, organisms, and ecosystems at the … Integrating genomics with metabolomics fuels the discovery  of novel metabolites, genes, and proteins. It also enables …

… Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he …

… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … team of researchers collected soil samples from a wildfire that burned at the Colorado-Wyoming border, … This work brought together researchers from Colorado State University, the US Forest Service, New Mexico State …

… JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to …

… When local students Maya Hanck of Carondelet High School and Tim Kostolansky of De La Salle High School expressed an interest in learning more about the principles of synthetic biology, Robert Evans and Jan-Fang Cheng in the …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing …

… are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and … and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered tools to study this complexity, … fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of bacterial strains, whereby they can modulate host …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … A team led by Michelle O’Malley, a chemical engineer at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, collected the …

… home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the … for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide … ” — as articulated in our new Strategic Plan , which was released in April 2024 — through serving an increased number …